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Governmental Funding Sources
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Although this directory
focuses on private sources of funding, this section provides a place to
start in the search for governmental funding. Some governmental agencies
provide funding for a project indirectly through a community or state
agency. Other agencies fund directly to supported projects. This section
will provide access to some widely used governmental funding sources, but
is by no means a thorough review of all governmental sources.
These
sources are divided into federal and state listings with home pages listed
in parentheses when available. First impressions of some agencies may not
include cancer prevention as an area of funding interest, but many
agencies are involved in this area. Information about specific and recent
cancer prevention interests are also provided.
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FEDERAL
AGENCIES
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Advanced
Research Projects Agency (www.arpa.mil)
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Agency for
Health Care Policy and Research (www.ahcpr.gov)
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This agency is part
of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the lead
agency charged with supporting research designed to improve the quality of
health care, reduce its cost, and broaden access to essential services.
AHPCR also supports conferences on issues relevant to health services
research.
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Air Force Office
of Scientific Research (web.fie.com/fedix/afosr.html)
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Army Research
Laboratory (ARL) (info.arl.mil)
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Centers for
Disease
Control and Prevention Funding Opportunities (www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding)
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DARPA
Electronics Technology Office (www.darpa.mil/eto)
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Department of
Agriculture (www.usda.gov)
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Department of
Commerce (www.doc.gov)
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Department of
Defense aka DefenseLink (www.defenselink.mil)
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Department of
Education (www.ed.gov)
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Department of
Energy (www.doe.gov)
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Recent interest in
results of hair tests and link to breast cancer.
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Department of
Health and Human Services (www.os.dhhs.gov)
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Department of
Transportation (www.dot.gov)
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Environmental
Protection Agency (www.epa.gov)
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National Cancer
Institute (www.nci.nih.gov)
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The National Cancer
Institute (NCI) is a component of the National Institutes of Health. The
NCI coordinates the National Cancer Program, which conducts and supports
research training, health information dissemination, and other programs
with respect to the cause, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of cancer,
rehabilitation from cancer, and the continuing care of cancer patients and
the families of cancer patients. In addition, the Office of Special
Populations Research (OSPR) of NCI also invites applications for
institutions to develop and implement a variety of community-based cancer
control and prevention activities to promote cancer awareness within
minority and medically underserved communities.
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National
Institutes of Health (www.nih.gov)
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Access to an NIH
search engine. Other resources are Cancernet, Womenıs Health Initiative
information, and Infoindex tools.
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National
Institute of Standards and Technology (www.nist.gov)
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Ongoing project on
radioactive prostate seeds and cancer treatment.
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National Science
Foundation (www.nsf.gov)
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Office of Naval
Research (www.onr.navy.mil)
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U.S. Air Force
(www.af.mil)
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Sources of
Information about Federal Agencies:
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Community of
Science (fundedresearch.cos.com or www.cos.com)
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A collaborative
network of scientists and their institutions with the goal to accelerate
science and promote the visibility and funding of scientific research.
Access to search MEDLINE, the Federal Register, funding alerts and
opportunities.
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Federal Grants &
Contracts Weekly
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Subscriptions
available, 50 weeks for $394 from Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1101 King
Street, Alexandria, VA 22314 or call 800-638-8437.
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FedWorld
Information Network (www.fedworld.gov/#usgovt)
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Named "Best
Government Site of 1998". Access information and statistics from any
federal office.
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Government
Printing Office (www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs)
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GrantsNet (www.hhs.gov/progorg/grantsnet)
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GrantsNet is a
search tool for finding information about the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services and selected other federal grant programs.
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Nonprofit
Gateway (www.nonprofit.gov)
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This site is
designed as a central starting point to help nonprofit organizations
access on-line federal information and services. It is linked to all
Cabinet Departments, many agencies, and to the information clearinghouses
(such as the Federal Register, CFDA, Library of Congress, FedWorld, and
the General Services Administration). The master search engine is linked
to 530,000 federal government web sites.
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Office of
Minority Health Resource Center (OMH-RC) (www.omhrc.gov)
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Offers a large
amount of easily navigable material, including news releases, on-line
publications, grants announcements, a funding resource guide, news of
upcoming events and conferences, and links to OMH-RC databases for funding
opportunities.
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STATE
AGENCIES
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State Grants
Team (www.governor.state.tx.us/State_Grants)
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The State Grants
Team maintains web pages within the Office of the
Governor home page. This site contains links to funding information for
non-profit organizations, state agencies, local
governments and individuals, as well as downloadable free copies of
manuals designed to help novice to intermediate grant
seekers identify, access and successfully apply for public and private
funding. A Federal and Texas State Grant Alert is
available.
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Texas Cancer
Data Center (TCDC) (www.txcancer.org)
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The TCDC provides
free database information on health professionals, health facilities,
demographics and statistics, and community resources via the Internet.
These resources are available to Texans to assist them with different
phases of cancer care prevention, screening, early detection, diagnosis,
treatment, and continuing care.
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Texas Department
of Health Funding Information Center (www.tdh.state.tx.us)
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The Funding
Information Center (FIC) was established to serve as a
statewide clearinghouse for information on funds available from government
and private sources to support HIV/AIDS-related
programs and services. The scope has been expanded to include all public
health interests and many social services issues.
The FIC publishes a monthly newsletter, Funding Watch, which is
free to individuals interested in public health-related funding.
(Subscriptions restricted to Texas residents.) The FIC also issues
Funding Alerts to provide timely notification of funding
opportunities. The alerts are mailed or sent electronically to clients
who are interested. Alerts are also available at the
TDH web site.
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TRAM -- Texas
Research Administrators Group (tram.rice.edu/TRAM/index.html)
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Search engine for
locating funding opportunities.
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